The office notes that because these weapons use energy rather than bullets or missiles, they could be less expensive per shot ...

Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy systems moved from test ranges into real air defense networks and forced ...

The US Navy has invested heavily in the “ODIN,” an anti-drone laser—and is beginning to train its sailors on how to use it.

After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth is. This funding, if approved, would not just mark a major increase ...

The global laser weapons race is a competitive, proliferating market involving systems from rival powers.

Lasers, microwaves and other directed-energy weapons systems will be deployed to defend against illegal drone flights around five military bases under a Pentagon pilot program announced Thursday. The ...

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The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

As the United States moves toward possible military conflict with Iran, the White House and the Pentagon have been boasting about an exotic arsenal of directed-energy weapons that could signal a new ...